[nopardons]

Ronald Reagan was not only an avowed Liberal most of his life, a Union LEADER, but even as president, he was still lauding FDR.

You have no idea what Harriet Miers is and is not. All you have are bits and pieces, which may or may not be true, stated by talking heads/pundits/and a bunch of FREEPERS, who know diddlely squat.

Justice Thomas had as thin a paper trail, when nominated.

The late Chief Justice Rehnquist was never a judge, prior to his nomination.

On paper, Souter looked about as far right wing as one could be.

[onyx]

Standing Ovation!

[TAdams8591]

Justice Thomas was a Judge for a year before, he was nominated.

Harriet Miers qualifications for the Supreme Court are as thin as her paper trail which is virtually transparent.

She is not only the least qualified candidate to be nominated in recent memory, but she was the least qualified known candidate on the president's list.

[TAdams8591]

"Ronald Reagan was not only an avowed Liberal most of his life, a Union LEADER, but even as president, he was still lauding FDR."

Ronald Reagan was elected by the people to a finite term for office. He was not a candidate to the Supreme Court, a lifetime appointment.

Furthermore, from the time of his defection from the Democratic Party (which was far less liberal in the 60's then in 1988, the time of Harriet Miers defection) to the Republican Party, until the time of his first bid for the presidency, he had built up many and obvious conservative credentials including his enthusiastic and ceaseless attempts to persuade people to it.

There is NO COMPARISON between he and Harriet Miers. It isn't even close.

[Earthdweller]

Some interesting stuff about our hold outs..

-Senator Hatch: A lawyer who received his degree from the Pittsburgh Law School. He then practiced law for 14 years until his election to the Senate

-Senator Chuck Grassley: Not a lawyer. A farmer and Senator

-Senator Kyl: A lawyer who graduated from the University of Arizona (he did serve on Law Review and was one of the names touted for SCOTUS)

-Senator DeWine: A lawyer who graduated from Ohio Northern University Law School

[LexBaird]

You have no idea what Harriet Miers is and is not.

Exactly. NO ONE does. That is the whole point of opposing her nomination. This is the first time in over thirty years to tip the balance of the SC back toward actually using the Constitution, and instead of choosing out of a large field of tried and true jurists, Bush went for a total cypher.

Thirty years of investment is being risked on a chuck of the dice. Hell, amateur as they may be, I have published more Constitutional arguments right here on FR than Miers has published in an entire career as a "top lawyer".